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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 2B1
1 2 yes CS 2A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.852820
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.412483
Nuclear repulsion energy125.136858
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3254 3133        
2 A1 759 730        
3 A1 319 307        
4 B1 405i 390i        
5 B2 1281 1233        
6 B2 939 904        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3072.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9628) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2958.2 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
ABC
1.60441 0.10948 0.10248

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.673
H2 0.000 0.000 1.754
Cl3 0.000 1.484 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.484 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08111.70661.7066
H21.08112.42982.4298
Cl31.70662.42982.9677
Cl41.70662.42982.9677

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.603 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.795
Cl4 C1 H2 119.603
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.853859
Energy at 298.15K-957.854704
HF Energy-957.414283
Nuclear repulsion energy124.998699
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3210 3090        
2 A' 767 739        
3 A' 532 512        
4 A' 313 301        
5 A" 1290 1242        
6 A" 907 873        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3509.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9628) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3378.7 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD(T)/6-311G*
ABC
1.54474 0.11007 0.10299

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.699 0.000
H2 -0.504 1.653 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.172 1.479
Cl4 0.013 -0.172 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08491.71651.7165
H21.08492.40542.4054
Cl31.71652.40542.9578
Cl41.71652.40542.9578

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 116.507 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.985
Cl4 C1 H2 116.507
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability